How-To: Lace Applique
Disney from Ruffles and Stuff shows how to add a delicate touch to your clothes with lace applique. She also shows how to use lace scraps to make earrings, a hair clip and even a necklace.
Month: March 2010
25 year old box of sounds revisited
Though he built it over a quarter century ago at the age of twelve, Russ Hoffman’s SN94281-based synth box can still oscillate with the best of ’em – that my friends, is one quality soldering job. You may recall my DIY-synth-geek senses were piqued by a pic of this project a while back – Russ […]
Profile of master bladesmith Bob Kramer
Jerry Bowen, of CBS’s Sunday Morning, visits master bladesmith Bob Kramer. Kramer is one of allegedly only 114 master bladesmiths in the world. Kramer Knives More: Toolbox: Knives out!
Cool Tool’s “Enthusiast Sources Contest”
Our pals over at Cool Tools are running a contest: I am looking for the best sources for enthusiasts. These online sources would be the best website that offers a deep selection in a very narrow field, with fair prices and service. Often (but not always) these specialty stores are also valuable sources for information, […]
I just wish they hadn’t called it “RoboClam”
Details about the device itself are scanty, other than that the clam-sized machine shown in the photo “is supported by a large apparatus of pressure regulators, pistons and more that control such things as how hard the robot is pushed in each direction.” Which leads me to speculate that the prototype, as shown, is unpowered and operated remotely by pneumatics or hydraulics. They’re envisioning applications as a lightweight anchor that could burrow into or out of a sea- or lakebed on command.
Homemade 5-DOF manipulator arm
Antonb of Lets Make Robots built this excellent looking five-degree-of-freedom arm using pieces of Polystyrene plastic, that he laid out and cut to shape by hand.
Ruffled Rose Pillow from a Bridesmaid Dress
Samantha at the SF Examiner has a great photo tutorial on how to refashion an old bridesmaid dress into a ruffled rose pillow.